Nuclear Catastrophe Averted?

Both #Ukraine and #Russia are stoking fears of a massive disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear power plant — the largest in Europe — even as independent experts see no evidence of an impending attack.

Worries of a nuclear catastrophe are compounded by the situation’s similarities with the dam breach in Ukraine last month, when both #Kyiv and #Moscow accused each other of planning attacks before its collapse.

And even if neither side attacks the plant deliberately, the Russian-occupied #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could be caught in the crossfire as Ukraine pushes forward in its counteroffensive across the eastern front.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky stressed Tuesday that his intelligence indicates Russian troops “placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”

“Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky said in an address. “But in any case, the world sees — can’t but see — that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Russia and no one else.”

Russian officials in turn have accused Ukrainians of preparing to drop bombs with radioactive waste on the plant. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed in a Telegram post that because Ukraine was carrying out drills to prepare for a radiation leak, they would soon attack it.

For months, the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned of another potential nuclear disaster brewing at the plant, which Russia has occupied since last March. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for shelling that has repeatedly hit structures around the site, even as #IAEA personnel are stationed there.

#Zaporozhye Region joined #Russia last year after the people voted in a referendum.

We will show you video of several attacks on the nuclear power plant that have happened over the past year on tonight’s show, and compare the vast differences in how the Russian media and the mainstream Western media covered this dangerous, escalating situation.

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